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From working in genetics labs to teaching Spanish to home brewing, I have a wide variety of experiences. I've also served in the Peace Corps in Honduras, helping to organize a trash collection system, translate for medical groups, and teach environmental classes.
Author Stories
Five tons of illegal ivory will be pulverized by the Philippines' government on June 21. The ivory will be be run over with steam rollers in a ceremony in Quezon City, Philippines and could become material for a memorial to poached pachyderms. Continue reading →
Many garden favorites and houseplants can poison pets.
Gardeners pull weeds, but plants pull some nasty tricks of their own. Within many gardens and lawns lurk poisonous, painful and even deadly plants.
Sea snakes could slither into bull sharks' turf if the Nicaraguan government succeeds in digging a canal between the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Marine biologists discovered that microbes are living 521 feet (129 meters) beneath the seafloor off the coast of Peru. Continue reading →
From beyond the grave, male Trinidadian guppies continue to reproduce. This isn't a Father's Day zombie love story though. Continue reading →
The genetics behind "one bad apple spoiling the whole bunch" have been discovered. Continue reading →
Protecting beaches makes good business sense. Recent research found that investments in keeping storm runoff from flooding beaches paid off in dramatically increased beach attendance. Continue reading →
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